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[ ?????

But okay, sure. Marked as read.

It's only a few minutes later that there's familiar scratching at HSS's door. ]

[ and it's like she had been waiting for her to scratch, because as soon as she gets her claws on the door it opens and d.va is there yanking her inside. ]

I need to ask you a couple of questions about that little misadventure you went on to find Adora.

[ SQUEAKS in alarm as she's yanked inside, tail fluffing up a little. She grabs it in one hand to smooth it back down. ]

Uh, what? Why me?

Because I can't ask Adora if she had, like, goo brain. I know you'll just be straight about it besides.

Okay, but like . . . your bestie's right there?

[ Waves in the general direction of

Whichever floor avante is on ]

... [ she looks aside. ] Kohime had broken up with me a while ago and this game just kind of... didn't help. I think we're like done done, so I can't ask her. [ i mean, she could, but she's not interested in getting into anymore fights. she's tired. ]

[ Oh.

She shifts on her feet, tail tip twitching. This is awkward suddenly. ]

Uh . . . okay. Just-- not out here. Someplace quieter.

[ mmmmmm, IT SURE IS. ]

My room.

[ she chews on her lower lip as she turns around and heads into her room. ]

[ Sabre follows, stiff and a little uncomfortable. As soon as they're in D.Va's room she crosses her arms and leans back against the door. ]

Why do you need to know about this all of a sudden?

Because I have an interest in getting backstage and I can't kill myself to do it anymore.

Can't kill yourself t--

[ GIRL. HOL UP. ]

What do you mean "anymore"?!

...Heroes Never Die is one of Heart Soldier's abilities, though it's normally possible to, like, turn it off. I can't. It's permanently on. [ she folds her arms. ] I found that out in the Hotel. [ her gaze snaps back to sabre. ] But let's keep that between us and all of the people that tried and failed to kill me, and instead just got to watch me suffer for the entirety of a round.

[ what the fuck

Her tail lashes ]

Well, that wasn't gonna help you anyway. We didn't get backstage on purpose.

I just sorta meant that, like, *that* method of getting into the other hells, where I assumed the warehouse to be, was the only way I knew how.

So what ended up happening anyway? Did you glitch through a wall or something? [ ARE YOU USING HAX?! ]

I mean -- kind of, I guess.

[ She hunches into herself a bit ]

It was after that game where we walked around in people's perfect dreams or whatever. Instead of dropping me back into the game tower at the end, it dropped me and Kohime into that "other" Hell.

...huh. Kinda sounds like there was a glitch on *their* end. [ also, blech, ideal worlds. ] It didn't hurt, did it, ..?

It didn't hurt, but it was . . . weird. Like they didn't even realize it happened. We had to send ourselves back.

I'm pretty sure nobody running this place actually knows what they're doing.

You're probably not wrong.

Did you bump into any demons?

There's some idiot called Shelfkeeper or something who runs the warehouse they keep their "spare" idols in.

That's the only one we met.

...what a stupid name.

And I thought that, like, idols could exist in Liar Hell or something. When we visited that place we found some walking around and doing shows, like when you get temp transferred.

Now they also get crammed into some weird warehouse???

The warehouse was for the ones they didn't have on another program, I think . . . so I guess they can just pull you off and stick you in a tube if they don't have anything else for you to do.

Iiiinteresting. [ also creepy. ]

This place just keeps getting weirder and weirder the more I learn about it.

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